Cleveland Museum of Art
Neckpiece with panel (umphapheni)
1800s–1900s
The seed beads that make up this neckpiece were imported to southern Africa by European traders who tailored their wares to local tastes and color preferences; beads came first from Venice and Murano, and later from Bohemia in the twentieth century.
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